When it comes to soul, Stax Records owned the '60s. Classic records from Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus & Carla Thomas, and a legion of others helped transform what was once known as rhythm 'n' blues into rugged, emotionally bare 'soul' music. This made Stax one of the decade's most influential labels of any genre. It all crescendoed in 1968, a tempest-tossed year when the label redefined its own sound and, in the process, channeled a larger historical zeitgeist.
Chicago is back in town and it's pure entertainment! With a legendary book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Chicago is now the #1 longest-running American musical in Broadway history-and it still shows no sign of ever slowing down!
Academy Award winner and Emmy nominee Cuba Gooding Jr. will step into the role of Billy Flynn, beginning Saturday, October 6, 2018 through Sunday, November 18, 2018, at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St.).
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is a perfect summertime romantic comedy that you don't want to miss. Playing on the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre at The Old Globe through September 16th
Marshall makes her triumphant return as director to our Festival Theatre stage with one of the greatest romantic comedies ever, in a production full of colorful characters, passionate poetry, and Shakespeare's wittiest wordplay. Everyone can see that confirmed bachelor Benedick and headstrong Beatrice are meant for each other-except for Benedick and Beatrice themselves! While their friends try to trick the bickering pair into admitting they're in love, their young sidekicks Hero and Claudio start a romance of their own. But will false accusations, broken promises, and even a nutty and bumbling police force prevent a happy ending?
Chicago is continuing its North American tour with a slew of new dates announced across the country! Check out the list below to see when the smash hit is coming to your city...and all that jazz!
This is an intense drama exploring the depths of a man who feels ostracized by a group that is already shunned by society. It's a play about loneliness and deathwishes that spiral out of control.
Exquisite Corpse Company's month long festival of new work opened August 2nd and runs through August 26th. The two plays currently running in rep (pictured here) include Phillip Christian Smith's The Chechens and Blake Bishton's Buffalo Buffalo. The two plays run through August 12th. Next to open include Alexis Roblan's Liliya and Alisa Zhulina's Kill Joy.
When is it wrong to love someone? Is love the highest ideal, or is kindness and duty even greater than love? Wharton's Pulitzer Prize winner isromantic and heartbreakingly unsentimental in its portrayal of a rigid society where 'people dreaded scandal more than disease.'
Chicago will appear at Detroit's Fisher Theatre, October 16-21, 2018. Tickets start at $39 and go on sale Sunday, August 5. Purchase tickets online at www.broadwayindetroit.com or www.ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 800-982-2787. Starting Monday, August 6, tickets may be purchased at the Fisher Theatre box office.
'A mixture of excitement, sadness, 'saudades', happiness, failure, regret, luck - all of the things I was feeling at the time are in my music. I lived in Brazil for the first 30 years of my life. When I decided to move to another country, I had mixed feelings about the new challenges I was about to face.
Marshall makes her triumphant return as director to our Festival Theatre stage with one of the greatest romantic comedies ever, in a production full of colorful characters, passionate poetry, and Shakespeare's wittiest wordplay. Everyone can see that confirmed bachelor Benedick and headstrong Beatrice are meant for each other-except for Benedick and Beatrice themselves!
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical returns to St. Louis for the first time since 2011 when it comes to Stifel Theatre (formerly Peabody Opera House) December 13 to December 16, 2018. Hailed by The New York Times as "100 times better than any bedtime story," this classic holiday musical will enchant adults and children alike. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, July 27 at 10 a.m.
Associated Bank Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America-Milwaukee is proud to present the Milwaukee premiere of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical at the Marcus Center from November 20-25, 2018. Hailed by The New York Times as "100 times better than any bedtime story," this classic holiday musical will enchant adults and children alike. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, July 27 at 10:00 am.
Chicago announced today that actor, comedian & TV personality John O'Hurley will return to the Broadway company in the role of "Billy Flynn" beginning Monday, July 23
One of Broadway's busiest and most respected set designers, Tony Award winner John Lee Beatty, swings by Shetler Studios to sit down with Rob and Kevin and review his portfolio which includes over 100 Broadway credits including the set designs for Ain't Misbehavin, Talley's Folly, Baby, The Most Happy Fella, Chicago, Once Upon a Mattress, Wonderful Town, and so many shows over at Encores!
